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lerner, according to her, lois lerner said to her that the head of the irs, miller, was well aware of this plot. there is nothing to prevent him from going before the cameras and not doing this charade and making the announcement that. would have been more honorable than -- >> absolutely. you can see an agency doing that. but to set it with the aba to ask you a question that you know the answer to that you are going to give out to make this big announcement. and not to have the director, miller, to come out and say it -- that's why i happening the whole thing was just really a charade in how they did it. >> does it make you more suspicious, the way they rolled it out. or is it clumsy handling of a p.r. event? it makes me more suspicious. it's one thing to clumsily handle a press conference, you go out and give it. but to have someone set up, asking you a question in a conference, knowing it's going to be picked up, doing it that way. you think about it. you had to plot this out, greta. it wasn't something where you clipsily did something. >> wouldn't have you thought, months before, t
lerner, according to her, lois lerner said to her that the head of the irs, miller, was well aware of this plot. there is nothing to prevent him from going before the cameras and not doing this charade and making the announcement that. would have been more honorable than -- >> absolutely. you can see an agency doing that. but to set it with the aba to ask you a question that you know the answer to that you are going to give out to make this big announcement. and not to have the director,...
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lois lerner's attorney, william taylor is pushing back. saying that the house oversight committee is highly polarized forum and that the votes fell along party lines. >> taylor said in a statement, quote, she did not give up her right to -- talking about lois lerner to refuse to testify by stating her innocence. she had requested that she not be required to appear at all and was forced against her will to invoke her right in public. when she was forced to do that, she was entitled to say what she said. lerner came before the house oversight committee may 22 to explain what she knew and when about the irs targeting conservative groups. she spoke for two minutes, 40 seconds. at the end of that invoking her fifth amendment rights. but not taking any questions from lawmakers. and that infuriated republicans who spoke after the vote yesterday. >> lois lerner is, in fact, a poster child for thumbing her nose at practical bureaucrats, thumbing her most, at congress. >> not so, say democrats. who insist that lerner had every right to do what she d
lois lerner's attorney, william taylor is pushing back. saying that the house oversight committee is highly polarized forum and that the votes fell along party lines. >> taylor said in a statement, quote, she did not give up her right to -- talking about lois lerner to refuse to testify by stating her innocence. she had requested that she not be required to appear at all and was forced against her will to invoke her right in public. when she was forced to do that, she was entitled to say...
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. >> according to testimony given to congressional investigators, holly paz, lois lerner's assistant. ms. lerner knew about it at least as early as mid-2011, when according to the inspector general's report when she was briefed on it and essentially said we have to change these things. >> so they ruled out this phony thing, where lois lerner went to this aba meeting and got some woman lawyer, essentially her patsy to ask her a phony question, and the phony question was about the targeting, and this is all in anticipation of the report coming out in a few days and that sort of plot was also according to ms. paz, was hatched by the director of the irs? >> well, we don't know those -- we don't know those specifics. what we do know from ms. pa sfwlnz is that ms. lerner and mr. miller were talking about how to roll it out. we don't know it was going to take place at that moment in that way, but given the i.g. report was about to come out, they had a choice, roll it out in the ultimately awkward way they did, or waiting for the ig report to come down. >> here is one they missed, though. in
. >> according to testimony given to congressional investigators, holly paz, lois lerner's assistant. ms. lerner knew about it at least as early as mid-2011, when according to the inspector general's report when she was briefed on it and essentially said we have to change these things. >> so they ruled out this phony thing, where lois lerner went to this aba meeting and got some woman lawyer, essentially her patsy to ask her a phony question, and the phony question was about the...
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. >> congressional leaders say irs employee lois lerner waived her fifth amendment rights and her attorney said she will not go down without a right. will she have to testify anyway? governor sarah pa lin weighs in. and we'll look at nelson mandela. we'll look at his fight to end racial discrimination and how his life parallels dr. martin luther king. and the nfl decides to punt on propoeting obama care. administration looking for high profile pitches. and the pros are not buying it. i am uma, we are live from the nation's capitol. america's news headquarters starts right now. >> and we begin with what is a dangerous heatwave that is gripping most of the western part of the nation. we are talking about triple digit temperatures and folks in death valley, california they are bracing for teches to hit 130 degrees today. that is close to a record set back 100 years ago. they are joining us live from santa monica, california where it is and cooler than death valley. dom nick? >> uma, people are taking to the ocean to coloff in santa monica beach. families are heading into the water. and marine
. >> congressional leaders say irs employee lois lerner waived her fifth amendment rights and her attorney said she will not go down without a right. will she have to testify anyway? governor sarah pa lin weighs in. and we'll look at nelson mandela. we'll look at his fight to end racial discrimination and how his life parallels dr. martin luther king. and the nfl decides to punt on propoeting obama care. administration looking for high profile pitches. and the pros are not buying it. i am...
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that was -- lois lerner. that was after the right she asserted privilege. >> they want to question her but what did exactly what the constitution allows her to. >> the law says the fact she made any statement at all constitutes a waiver of her constitutional rights, not just self-incripple nate. i beg to differ. i think that is constitutional right to thumb your nose. >> if she is called back she could provide answers or plead the fifth again. if she pleads the fifth again, then the committee could hold her in contempt and set in motion a separate phase of legal wrangling. >> gregg: molly, thanks very much. >> heather: weeks into the scandal and most americans are still not getting all the facts. so why hasn't attorney general eric holder appointed a special prosecutor to investigate? john a columnist for national review magazine, thank you for joining us. with seven weeks out from the agency's first disclosure that it had singled out in fact tea party groups seeking tax exempt status. congress, multiple hear
that was -- lois lerner. that was after the right she asserted privilege. >> they want to question her but what did exactly what the constitution allows her to. >> the law says the fact she made any statement at all constitutes a waiver of her constitutional rights, not just self-incripple nate. i beg to differ. i think that is constitutional right to thumb your nose. >> if she is called back she could provide answers or plead the fifth again. if she pleads the fifth again,...
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the resolution finding lois lerner waived her fifth amendment provision on may 22nd, 2013 is approved. >> i'm not trying to make this more difficult than it should be. it's just that i think that when he would are dealing with -- i'm very sensitive to this constitution. because i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for it. >> lois lerner is, in fact, a poster child for thumbing her nose, a federal bureau craft thumbing her nose at congress. >> laura: learn his or her is on paid administrative leave could be called back to the committee and be held in contempt if she refuses to testify. with us now to analyze julianne epstein a democratic strategist. all right, it was on party lines they voted as i said to waive the privilege. dershowitz today, at alan dershowitz the esteemed harvard law professor says she risks being held in contempt of congress for her actions. he didn't think it looks like there was reasonable for her to invehicle the fifth amendment. if she doesn't come back and testify, she could find herself in a heap of trouble. >> she could find herful? a contempt proceeding. remembe
the resolution finding lois lerner waived her fifth amendment provision on may 22nd, 2013 is approved. >> i'm not trying to make this more difficult than it should be. it's just that i think that when he would are dealing with -- i'm very sensitive to this constitution. because i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for it. >> lois lerner is, in fact, a poster child for thumbing her nose, a federal bureau craft thumbing her nose at congress. >> laura: learn his or her is on paid...
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this holly paz girl is in the administration, on paid leave like lois lerner, there's no accountability. president obama said heads should roll, heads are going to roll, i am outraged. same with the nsa, let's have a national conversation, then he jets off to ireland. there's no accountability. i don't think the public feels like they're going to get to the bottom of this or anything any time soon. >> she looks like she just graduated from eighth grade, and the award was going to the irs to get this job. one thing i will say about this, this is a vastly expanded political hack job that has been going on, i will say this for sure, it has been badly handled, somebody we talked to before the show said this is what happens when you put hacks in charge of policy. >> are we supposed to believe that holly paz came up with the idea to target conservative groups? seriously, guys, this feels like to me that this came from the very high levels of the obama administration, probably from the campaign that may have made the jump to the white house, or during the re-election, this is a great -- they'r
this holly paz girl is in the administration, on paid leave like lois lerner, there's no accountability. president obama said heads should roll, heads are going to roll, i am outraged. same with the nsa, let's have a national conversation, then he jets off to ireland. there's no accountability. i don't think the public feels like they're going to get to the bottom of this or anything any time soon. >> she looks like she just graduated from eighth grade, and the award was going to the irs...
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chairman, i have identified nine sprapt specific assertions made by lois lerner on may 22nd. and that was after she asserted her right against privilege. >> at this point the house oversight committee hasn't formally requested that lerner come back to answer questions, at least not yet. >> we will remind everybody, we got to this point because the irs was targeting the conservative groups with tea party and patriot at their names. the democrats are coming to her defense? >> democrats said lerner did what the constitution allows her to do. >> mr. gowdy would have you believe that the fact she made a statement at all constitutes a wafer of the constitute right not to self incriminate. >> that is a constitutional right to thumb your nose at the government. >> what happens next could get interesting. if the house over sight committee calls her back it answer questions. lerner could provide answers or bloweds the fifth. if she pleads the fifth they would be able to hold her in contempt. >> a constitutional right to thumb your nose at the government. we'll watch this one, molly, th
chairman, i have identified nine sprapt specific assertions made by lois lerner on may 22nd. and that was after she asserted her right against privilege. >> at this point the house oversight committee hasn't formally requested that lerner come back to answer questions, at least not yet. >> we will remind everybody, we got to this point because the irs was targeting the conservative groups with tea party and patriot at their names. the democrats are coming to her defense? >>...
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lois lerner bar association. they even admitted that they contrived that we found out they did something wrong. they finally admitted what a the lo of people had been suggesting. they even apologized for it now she goes and sells i didn't do anything wrong. you said you did. now you can't say you didn't. >> just as we found out more specifics about just how they targeted conservative groupings, we now know the numbers. 292 conservative tea party groups, with that name in it, were targeted for extra scrutiny and denied tax exempt status. >> clayton: don't forget about all the progressive groups. >> six of them out of 30. they weren't totally slow walked to the point of extension. -- extinction. they got attention. how do we know they got extinction to sleight accelerate them. they didn't get denied. the irs has such systemic failure it is virtually a criminal enterprise. >> there is obviously some debate about how the president should be handling edward snowden. is he hold up, we understand, in the moscow airport.
lois lerner bar association. they even admitted that they contrived that we found out they did something wrong. they finally admitted what a the lo of people had been suggesting. they even apologized for it now she goes and sells i didn't do anything wrong. you said you did. now you can't say you didn't. >> just as we found out more specifics about just how they targeted conservative groupings, we now know the numbers. 292 conservative tea party groups, with that name in it, were targeted...
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lois lerner busy logging on tost her account still with a paid hr vacation. they cover up more imcompetence with more imcompetence. >> go ahead. >> i was just going toom say tht if you're mueller and you're going up there, the first thing your staff is going to give you, anybody that's done this before knows, look, in the first or second question you're going to get some question about what's the status of the investigation, which means you have to have somebody in charge ofut it. if that's the first thing i read and get briefed, i turn around and the f.b.i. and say, bill, tr you're in charge. and just then he can get away with it. but to not know? >> guess what? because heca deliberately wanted to be evasive, not answer any wn questions and shield themselvese 'cause he wants to exit quietly he's not going in there andto spill the beans. but they should be filing, tea party, requests to get the information and finding out if there is any link or nexus between what was going on at the nsa and groups that were being targeted by the irs 'cause they think these p
lois lerner busy logging on tost her account still with a paid hr vacation. they cover up more imcompetence with more imcompetence. >> go ahead. >> i was just going toom say tht if you're mueller and you're going up there, the first thing your staff is going to give you, anybody that's done this before knows, look, in the first or second question you're going to get some question about what's the status of the investigation, which means you have to have somebody in charge ofut it....
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first, move over lois lerner. another irs official stonewalling congress himself and investigators. what is the administration hiding? we'll get to the bottom. michelle malkin, up next. [ metal rattling ] ♪ boo! i am the ghost of meals past. when you don't use new pam, this is what you get. residue. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. that's why there's new pam. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. (announcer) at scottrade, our clto make their money do more.re (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottrade's free, in-branch seminars... plus, their live webinars. i use daily market commentary to improve my strategy. and my local scottrade office guides my learning every step of the way. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade... ranked "highest in customer loyalty for brokerage and investment companies." it's been that way ysince e day you met.. but your erectile dysfunction - itld be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily
first, move over lois lerner. another irs official stonewalling congress himself and investigators. what is the administration hiding? we'll get to the bottom. michelle malkin, up next. [ metal rattling ] ♪ boo! i am the ghost of meals past. when you don't use new pam, this is what you get. residue. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. that's why there's new pam. [ female announcer ] bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying residue. (announcer) at...
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even call in the big name officials like they did of lois lerner, head of the tax exempt unit and took the fifth. that's good theater but does not get you much. they learned have you go and start at the bottom and interview the people. what we have seen from some of the transcripts that have been -- released or portions of the transcripts released, those people on the ground are beginning to give real information. name some names and explain how this process actually worked and who was making the decisions. now, that's not been released in full but that's what the house republicans are working on behind the scenes. that's why you have seen a bit of a lull is because this is a heavy duty investigation. >> okay. >> we are still trying to figure out how exactly it all started. one thing that's clear is that washington sat on a lot of the applications and to this day is still sitting on them. >> that poll rating has 50% his entire presidency. the american people give this -- historic presidency the benefit of the doubt. that five-point drop is really a bad sign for barack obama. if he star
even call in the big name officials like they did of lois lerner, head of the tax exempt unit and took the fifth. that's good theater but does not get you much. they learned have you go and start at the bottom and interview the people. what we have seen from some of the transcripts that have been -- released or portions of the transcripts released, those people on the ground are beginning to give real information. name some names and explain how this process actually worked and who was making...
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plus, neither ousted irs chief miller or shulman nor lois lerner were questioned in this report. so we're not getting any answers those are relevant questions. nobody has identified a crime or identified a conflict. furthermore what we have found, let me finish my point -- it was a republican staffer inside the cincinnati office that started the targeting. there were 15 conservative groups and many of the groups that were seeking tax exempt status were engaged in political activity. you cannot get political status if you were engaged in political activity. >> heather: i appreciate. brad, i'm sorry you didn't get to give a final statement. only 7 of the 297 pages appear to appear for conservative cases. >> they were mostly on conservative tied sied. >> abuse of government power that would have been committed by the irs. in the meantime, powerful testimony highlighting week one of the george zimmerman murder trial. what can we expect to see from this case going forward. our legal panel is here to weigh in. coming up, afghan war like you have never seen it before. we're going to tal
plus, neither ousted irs chief miller or shulman nor lois lerner were questioned in this report. so we're not getting any answers those are relevant questions. nobody has identified a crime or identified a conflict. furthermore what we have found, let me finish my point -- it was a republican staffer inside the cincinnati office that started the targeting. there were 15 conservative groups and many of the groups that were seeking tax exempt status were engaged in political activity. you cannot...
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>> just imagine if lois lerner worked at the food network. she would not be placed on administrative leave and get alls the benefits and the pensions. food channel, private corporation says you're out of here. the government, it's completelyout different. if you're in the government, you can do all sorts of terrible things to other people andmen target people for their beliefs or content of their cost. reg but with the government you're safe. >> rickey bobby? >> do you believe honestly likeat eric said, where there is smoke,hone you think she just stopped using it 20 years ago? i mean, honestly -- >> we haven't even brought up what she wanted as an ideal wedding. the plantation style wedding which is probably the most offensive part which was using black men as waiters. >> in white suits and black bowers. ties. >> yeah. e >> bob, as somebody who has a lot of experience in begging begging, begging forgiveness, do you think that she should be forgiven? do you think this apology was sufficient? >> no. because she -- i would have saidnt? that's t
>> just imagine if lois lerner worked at the food network. she would not be placed on administrative leave and get alls the benefits and the pensions. food channel, private corporation says you're out of here. the government, it's completelyout different. if you're in the government, you can do all sorts of terrible things to other people andmen target people for their beliefs or content of their cost. reg but with the government you're safe. >> rickey bobby? >> do you believe...
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we know lois lerner is on vacation right now. she doesn't have to talk to anybody. >> with internet access too, i read. >>steve: unlike the guy sitting somewhere in russia. any way, it looks as if some liberal groups were part of the screening process but ultimately they were not screened the same way as conservative groups. >>> meanwhile let's talk about edward snowden. he does appear to still be stuck in russia. this is interesting. he told apparently the south china morning post, the newspaper over there, that he took that job with booz allen, the security contractor that paid $120,000 a year, even though he had been working for the n.s.a. for $200,000 a year, he took it specifically so he would have access to the computers that would give him the lists of all the computers around the globe. it looks like he took that particular job just so that he could get the thumb drive to spill all the beans. >> would he be under additional charges if the intent -- if it wasn't just a whistle-blower that he decided oh, my gosh, i saw some
we know lois lerner is on vacation right now. she doesn't have to talk to anybody. >> with internet access too, i read. >>steve: unlike the guy sitting somewhere in russia. any way, it looks as if some liberal groups were part of the screening process but ultimately they were not screened the same way as conservative groups. >>> meanwhile let's talk about edward snowden. he does appear to still be stuck in russia. this is interesting. he told apparently the south china...
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when you have a top official, lois lerner, plead the fifth, i don't think it's time to move on. i think it's time to dig further and find the truth. >> some say it's time to abolish the irs completely. is the cause re-energizing the tea party? we spoke with dana lash, host of the dana show. dana, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, greta. thanks for having me back. >> in light of all that's going on with the irs, targeting the tea party groups, is the tea party more fired up, as is, or is it less fired up? >> it seems to me it's tea party 2.0. it seems after the election everyone went into a lull. a lot of people who never went into politics before they were burned out. they don't live it and breathe it like some of us political nerds do. there's a lot of nermg and synergy and with the irs, thing this has attract add lot of individuals before who were maybe perhaps put off by the tea party, some of what they heard and the leftist media and the message they had about the tea party. people are realizing this is about limited government. we're even warning our brethren on the left
when you have a top official, lois lerner, plead the fifth, i don't think it's time to move on. i think it's time to dig further and find the truth. >> some say it's time to abolish the irs completely. is the cause re-energizing the tea party? we spoke with dana lash, host of the dana show. dana, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, greta. thanks for having me back. >> in light of all that's going on with the irs, targeting the tea party groups, is the tea party more fired up,...
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still to come first it was lois lerner now another irs official taking the 5th amid new allegations of scandal and abuse by the agency. we will have details. a bank robbery goedz bus bust. a crime stopper the marine. how he foiled the plot. in this history route 66 in 1985 was removed from the highway system. with the spark miles card from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? [ crowd cheering ] [ male announcer ] for sensitive skin, there's fusion proglide. our micro thin blades are thinner than a surgeon's scalpel for our gentlest shave. switch to fusion proglide.
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lois lerner wouldn't need to plead the fifth. >> our job to root out the problem. >> darrell issa released interviews, suggesting that washington orchestrated the situation. >> this investigation is not over. we have to begin with the fact that this is beginning with an irs apology and declaration that they are targeting and persecuting con seventive groups, and we need to find out who and hold them accountable. >> how high up does the itch rs scandal go? trey gowdy joins us. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> we have the war between the chairman and ranking member. elijah cummings, the ranking, say the case is closed. is it? >> it is not. and i think mr. cumming would be the first to tell you he spoke unartfully. can't tell you what he meant. what he said in subsequent interviews he has backed off a bit. >> nothing to tone down the rhetoric. a volley of letters between congressman cummings and chairman issa. topic is somewhat different. congressman issa wants all the transcripts from the people who work in ohio released? >> your honor the rule of completeness, he would be right. you were t
lois lerner wouldn't need to plead the fifth. >> our job to root out the problem. >> darrell issa released interviews, suggesting that washington orchestrated the situation. >> this investigation is not over. we have to begin with the fact that this is beginning with an irs apology and declaration that they are targeting and persecuting con seventive groups, and we need to find out who and hold them accountable. >> how high up does the itch rs scandal go? trey gowdy...
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you remember when lois lerner took the fifth in front of the congressional panel. now another irs official there, greg roseman has done the same. obviously congressional congress people want to know what was going on at the irs these past several years when they were taking lavish conferences and targeting conservative groups, but greg roseman is not giving any information until neither are some -- >> clayton: neither are other individuals taking the stand, how they were awarded special treatment as a result of having these contracts. in fact, this one is so outrageous, his name is -- brulio cass see i don't. -- castro i don't. it's alleged he used an injury sustained in a military prepare school to qualify for veterans disability payments, something that happened 27 years ago when he twisted his ankle. after that he was able to play football a number of times and he was fined. he got grilled yesterday. >> steve: he did. here is the thing, mr. roseman apparently is friends and it sounds like mr. roseman, who took the fifth, feared the business to this guy. this guy
you remember when lois lerner took the fifth in front of the congressional panel. now another irs official there, greg roseman has done the same. obviously congressional congress people want to know what was going on at the irs these past several years when they were taking lavish conferences and targeting conservative groups, but greg roseman is not giving any information until neither are some -- >> clayton: neither are other individuals taking the stand, how they were awarded special...
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some were signed by lois lerner. we need to know how far this went it ill serves the country to have the ranking minority member of the house government oversight committee declare this investigation is over if this can be undertaken by the irs by a democratic president, it can be junior taken in a republican administration, by liberal and democratic groups. that ought to scare every one of thus, what was interesting, chairman issa absolutely right. the idea that somehow or another, why we have an active congressional investigation going on, we're going to somehow have the congress release the transcripts of the people at the bottom they are talking to, you are a former prosecutor. >> let me tell you something. issa put his foot into this one. he selectively released certain portions. if he doesn't want it out, he should keep it quiet. if you won't provide everything else, people are spiuspicious, either release it or don't. don't play, dangling part of it. >> on the record, cummings making this before there was even
some were signed by lois lerner. we need to know how far this went it ill serves the country to have the ranking minority member of the house government oversight committee declare this investigation is over if this can be undertaken by the irs by a democratic president, it can be junior taken in a republican administration, by liberal and democratic groups. that ought to scare every one of thus, what was interesting, chairman issa absolutely right. the idea that somehow or another, why we have...
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they are looking to make hur the assistant secretary of state and lois lerner who gives her statement, pleads the fifth and goes on a tax-payer-funded, paid vacation. and even more so, i think have you a distrust on the media outlets that are covering the stories and keeping the american people in the dark. >> it seems like a malignancy. we covered the story in a 2010 conference in arizona, social security was spending all of our money. everyone was scandalized and we had the gsa, apparently they hadn't learned from the social security. and now the congress, spending $4 million in a conference. have you americans who are at home, $1,000 to most americans is a lot of money. it makes the difference of whether they get the roof fixed or the kids get uniforms, go to the grocery store. even at all of that level, we have lawyers at the s.e.c. who were busted for downloading porn on our dime -- it's everywhere you look. >> the newest scandal that came out, where the security detail for the secretary of state, hillary clinton. they are talking about all the things they did with, you know, cer
they are looking to make hur the assistant secretary of state and lois lerner who gives her statement, pleads the fifth and goes on a tax-payer-funded, paid vacation. and even more so, i think have you a distrust on the media outlets that are covering the stories and keeping the american people in the dark. >> it seems like a malignancy. we covered the story in a 2010 conference in arizona, social security was spending all of our money. everyone was scandalized and we had the gsa,...
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lerner who gives her statement, plead the fifth and goes on a taxpayer funded paid vacation. those are the reasons we see a distrust. even more so, you also have a distrust on certain media outlets that are covering the stories and keeping american people in the dark. >> almost a malignancy. we covered a story, 2010 conference on arizona, social security, spending all of our money, and we had the gsa, doing the same thing. apparently hadn't learned from the social security. and now the irs. $4 million at a conference. $50 million over a couple of years and americans at home. $1,0 to most americans is a lot of money. makes a difference whether they get the roof fixed or the kids get uniforms, go to the grocery store and we have lawyers at the s.e.c. who got busted for downloading porn on our dime. every place you look. >> now, the newest scandal that came out where the security detail for the secretary of state, hillary clinton, talking about all of the things they did with certain houses of ill repute across the country and also overseas, so all of these things are adding up.
lerner who gives her statement, plead the fifth and goes on a taxpayer funded paid vacation. those are the reasons we see a distrust. even more so, you also have a distrust on certain media outlets that are covering the stories and keeping american people in the dark. >> almost a malignancy. we covered a story, 2010 conference on arizona, social security, spending all of our money, and we had the gsa, doing the same thing. apparently hadn't learned from the social security. and now the...
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. >> reporter: friday, the committee will vote whether it believes lois lerner waived her fifth amendment rights by claiming the fifth, and moments later proclaiming her innocence. she remains under subpoena. >> we will follow it. thank you. >>> the u.s. economy grew as a slower rate than first thought in the first three months of the year. gdp was up in an annual 1.8% clip. it was first announced to be 2.4%. experts say consumers spent less than estimated. that didn't stop wall street today from a second straight day, positive day. the dow surged 150 points today, the s and p gained 15, nasdaq up 28. >>> the man in charge of u.s. forces in africa the night of the terror attacks in benghazi, libya told his side of the story today. it apparently did not make the obama administration look any better. chief correspondent mike emanuel has more. >> reporter: in a closed door briefing looking into the military response to the benghazi attack september 11th, retired general carter hamm, then commander at africom, said he was not consulted when they reviewed preparedness for 9/11 anniversary. >>
. >> reporter: friday, the committee will vote whether it believes lois lerner waived her fifth amendment rights by claiming the fifth, and moments later proclaiming her innocence. she remains under subpoena. >> we will follow it. thank you. >>> the u.s. economy grew as a slower rate than first thought in the first three months of the year. gdp was up in an annual 1.8% clip. it was first announced to be 2.4%. experts say consumers spent less than estimated. that didn't stop...
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lois lerner, the one who took the fifth amendment. she seems to be somebody who would really be able to advance the story are you guys going to give her immunity to testify thereby forcing her to ain't questions? >> not until we have exhausted every other avenue. you start as low as you can you don't get john gody to testify against his driver. you get the driver to testify against john gaudy. start as low as you can whatever deals you have to. keep in mind that people have to tell the truth and whole truth. use the grand jury, use your ininvestigative tools. congress is not set up to do that but prosecutors are. >> bill: all right. but i don't have any realistic expectation that the attorney general is going to do what you want the attorney general to do. the bottom line is, this is going to be in limbo and going to be slugging around and nothing is going to happen. i will give you the last word. >> i think the bottom line is you are going to see guys like jimmy jordan and jason chaffets and others asking the questions the prosecutor
lois lerner, the one who took the fifth amendment. she seems to be somebody who would really be able to advance the story are you guys going to give her immunity to testify thereby forcing her to ain't questions? >> not until we have exhausted every other avenue. you start as low as you can you don't get john gody to testify against his driver. you get the driver to testify against john gaudy. start as low as you can whatever deals you have to. keep in mind that people have to tell the...
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it is in response to lois lerner. she refused to testify in front of coming after making a statement and taking the fifth. congressman brooks says it is a necessary step for proper oversight for all americans. >>> the judge in the george zimmerman trial deals a blow to the prosecution as opening statements are about to begin. and word that edward snowden is bound for ecuador. the cat and mouse game he is now playing with the u.s. government. >>> it looks like nsa leak erred ward snowden will -- leaker edward snowden will end up in ecuador. ecuador's flag was spotted to be where he landed earlier today. they released a statement saying, quote, he is bound for ecuador via a safe route. but sources say the u.s. government revoked the former contractor's passport. >>> turning to other top stories, opening statements begin in the trial of george zimmerman. he is the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing trayvon martin. the prosecution delivered a blow when they bared expert testimony about the audiotape of a 9-1-
it is in response to lois lerner. she refused to testify in front of coming after making a statement and taking the fifth. congressman brooks says it is a necessary step for proper oversight for all americans. >>> the judge in the george zimmerman trial deals a blow to the prosecution as opening statements are about to begin. and word that edward snowden is bound for ecuador. the cat and mouse game he is now playing with the u.s. government. >>> it looks like nsa leak erred...